The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2075
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
5:06 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1891
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.21° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.53° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.